BY BRITTA ERICKSON

Cui Zhenkuan

Cui Zhenkuan 崔振宽 (b. 1935)

Cui Zhenkuan belongs to an older generation of ink painters who received rigorous traditional training. Innovating within that tradition, he has produced a powerful body of landscapes relevant to the present.

"One paints from within one’s heart, painting the meaning of the object . . . In this way the brush and ink are liberated."

"There are many subtle qualities to Chinese painting, many ideas to express. But these ideas can only be implied, not directly spoken."

Cui Zhenkuan

Cui Zhenkuan 崔振宽 (b. 1935)

Cui Zhenkuan belongs to an older generation of ink painters who received rigorous traditional training. Innovating within that tradition, he has produced a powerful body of landscapes relevant to the present.

"One paints from within one’s heart, painting the meaning of the object . . . In this way the brush and ink are liberated."

"There are many subtle qualities to Chinese painting, many ideas to express. But these ideas can only be implied, not directly spoken."

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